May 2012
white girls who want my culture’s bindis and saris and henna
take my skin colour too
and my dark brown lips
take my self-hatred because i don’t fit into the euro-centric ideals of beauty
take the oppression too
take the history of colonization that has devastated my country
and the drones that currently devastate my country
take all the bad stuff too
not just the pretty, shiny, sparky bits
take the ugly, dehumanizing and shitty parts too
“I wonder at a person who preaches to people but not to his own soul”
—Hadith Qudsi (via monsoonrain)
Listen
The Great Gig In The Sky - Pink Floyd
Deerhunter - Desire Lines
Desire Lines - Deerhunter